Signs Signs Everywhere Signs

Anna Gray was in a sharing mood! She was also half-clothed after feeding herself some pasta. There may actually be a chunk in her hair. I promise we went strait to the bath after this.


I didn't want to push my luck to see how many she would do on camera and I was having trouble coming up with them on the fly, but here's what I got:

Cutest thing ever, right?

Afterward, I started writing down others just to get an idea of how many she knows. So, for documentation sake. Here's the list: bath, eat, mama, daddy, no, milk, cereal, more, cracker (a "cracker" could be an actual cracker, but it could also be a waffle, toast, pretzel.. anything crunchy really), hi/bye, signing time, kiss, all done, sleep, dog, fish, and banana.

She is also just started to realize that she has her own thoughts and can communicate them.
For instance, the other day I said :"Anna Gray, time to get out of the bath!"
And she signed : All done, NO
I gave her another minute and got her out, had her on the counter brushing her hair and she signed AND said, "More bath!".
Exciting!!

The words she can SAY out loud at 22 months:
Mama, Dada, more, hi, bye-bye, bath, cracker (sounds like clackle... adorbs), dog, and Elmo. Yes, Elmo is worthy of actual speech. She LOVES him.

Thankfully, Santa brought her an Elmo that can be her real live friend. I love watching her mimmick him (note her mouth moving like his too). And "more Elmo" at the end :)
(Excuse Nathan hammering in the background.)

CRACKS ME UP EVERY TIME!